Paper bag



May 21, 1929. S, RH H 1,114,271

PAPER BAG Filed July 5, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l @393 his 61mm s. *RIcHPAPER BAG May 21, 1929.

Filed July 5, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 BY INVENTOQ a ATTORN EYS PatentedMay 21, 1929.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL REICH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PAPER BAG.

Application filed July 5, 1927. Serial No. 203,483.

This invention relates to paper bags of the household marketing typeused for transporting merchandise, having a foldable bottom and one ormore endless cord means for supporting the bag from the bottom andforming the handles for said bag.

Bags of this general type are extensively used by shoppers and in manyinstances are distributed to customers making large purchases by grocersand other retail produce merchants. In the bags now in use, however, thebottoms are merly formed by overlapping the flaps formed from the samematerial as the body portion and sealing these as in an ordinary paperbag. often insecure and unable to sustain the weight of heavymerchandise, particularly if they become Wet for any reason.

Bags of this general type have also had their supporting means extendingaround the bottom of the bag or diagonally across same, either entirelyor partially on the outside, thus rendering the cords liable to becaught and torn from the bag with resultant injury to the bag andpossible damage to the contents.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bag suitable forcarrying heavy merchandise without materially increasing the weight ofthe bag as by inserting a min forcing bottom member whereby even thoughthe inner bottom should become wet as through a leak in one of thepackages within the bag, the outer bottom would remain dry for aconsiderable time as the moisture would be wholly or partly absorbed bythe reinforcing member.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a bag of the typedescribed wherein the endless cord means supporting the bottom of thebag are entirely covered by the overlapping flaps forming said bottom.

Another object is to provide a bag having the seam of the body portionextending along one edge thereof, thereby making it possible to printadvertising matter on both sides of the bag at a single operation priorto the bag being assembled.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in apaper bag of the kind hereinbefore referred to, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and hereinafter more specifically described andclaimed.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a View in perspective of .my preferred form of bag.

Such bottoms are Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the bag inthe vertical plane containing line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the bottom of a preferred form of the bagbefore folding over and sealing the flaps.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a blank for forming the bag, showing thecreases and the cord threading apertures.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the reinforcing blank showing the creases andthe cord threading apertures.

In the drawings, in which like numerals designate similar partsthroughout the views, A represents a bag, constructed according to apreferred form of my invention. scurried at 1 along one edge thereof,the joining of the paper being done in such a manner as to make thefront and back of the bag alike, which is accomplished by concealing theseam inside the bag, thereby giving a full unbroken surface forprinting. Separate endless I cord means 2 are threaded through apertures23 in both sides of the bag adjacent the upper end of the bag, andthrough apertures 4 spaced from the bottom of the bag, and also throughapertures 5 at the intersection of the sides with the bottom. The upperportions of said cord means form handles 6 and the lower portions 7support the bottom 8. The cords are so arranged that they extenddownwardly within the bag between the upper and lower apertures 3 and i.The manner of attaching the endless cords is clearly shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 4 shows a blank creased ready for forming the bag, the creases 19of each wall A being creased oppositely to each other. The bag is foldedlongitudinally along one edge of the seam l and also along a line 17 atthe opposite side of the bag thus enabling the walls AA to be foldedflatly against each other.

The bottom 8 is adapted to be folded upwardly about the creased line 18against one side of the wall A of the bag, facilitating packing andstacking of the bags. The bottom 8 is formed by displacing the lowerportion B along the line 18 so as to dispose the same in a superimposedposition upon the wall A. This displacement of the lower portion B willcause the corners 19 (owing to the creases 20 of each wall A beingoppositely disposed), to fold inwardly thus forming a triangular pocket9 at each end when the portion B lies superimposed upon the wall A, aswill be seen in full lines from Fig. 3.

lVhen the bottom of the bag is folded in this manner, a reinforcingmember C of hexagonal form conforming in size and shape to the bottom 8is then inserted within the triangular pockets referred to and laidalong said bottom. The said reinforcing member and said inwardly foldedportions 9 are provided with apertures 9 therein which arecutso as toregister with the apertures 5 in the side of the bag adjacent the bottomand the flap portions ll and 12 of the folded bottom includingcorresponding flap portions 13 and ll of the reinforcing member are thenfolded inwardly along the l nes '15. it? if said perforations, so as tooverlap each other slightly, as shown in chain dotted lines in Fig. 3,and then sealed. The reinforcing member may consist of any suitablefibrous material such as cardboard, preferably considerably thicker thanthe material of which the bag is made.

The lower portions 7 of the endless cord means 2 after being threadedthrough the apertures 5 at the bottom of one side of the bag and throughthe coinciding apertures 9 in the reinforcing member may extendtransversely across the bottom or diagonally across same to theapertures in the opposite side of the bottom, but preferably said lowerportions extend longitudinally of the bottom between the apertures alongthe lines of fold 15, 16 of the reinforcing member 10. Thus, when theflap portions 11 and 12 of the bottom including the corresponding flapportions 13 and 14 of the reinforcing member are folded inwardly alongthe lines 15, 1.6 the supporting means will be located between the mainportion of the reinforcing member and the said flaps and will beentirely covered by said flaps, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

It will be obvious from the foregoing de scription of my invention thatI have provided a bag of unusual strength capable of sustainingconsiderable weight, as well as a bag that is more valuable from anadvertis ing standpoint because of the facility by which itmay beprinted on both sides at a single operation.

Further the reinforcing member being ap plied in the manner indicatedcovers the entire bottom of the bag and makes at the weakest point a3-ply bottom and at the strongest point namely centrally of the bottom,a 5- ply bottom. Secured as itis by inwardly folding, it will supportthe contents of the bag even though the contents were of such characteras to dissolve the bottom glue entirely, while the bags now made haveonly a two ply bottom without reinforcement, and if the paste isdissolved there is nothing to prevent the contents from droppingthrough.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spiritand scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A paper bag of the kind hereinbefore referred to comprising a bodyportion, a foldable bottom, a foldable reinforcing member locatedbetween the top and bottom folds of said bottom, cord supporting means,the lower portions such means extending longitudinally of the bottom ofthe bag between the folds of said reinforcing member along the lines ofthe folds thereof. 7

2. A paper bag of the'kind hereinbefore referred to comprising a bodyportion consisting of two side members joined by a seam along one edgeof the bag, a foldable bottom, a reinforcing member for said bottomhaving folded portions cooperating with folded portions of said bottom,two endless cord supporting means threaded through said side members andthrough said reinforcing members, the upper portions of such meansextending above the side members and the lower portions extendinglongitudinally of the bottom of the bag between the folded portions ofsaid reinforcing member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SAMUEL REICH.

